page_title: Bummer and Lazarus
hierarchical_section_title: Bummer and Lazarus
caption_attribution_description: Three Bummers
context_page_description: Bummer and Lazarus were two stray dogs that roamed the streets of San Francisco, California, United States, in the early 1860s. Recognized for their unique bond and their prodigious rat-killing ability, they became a fixture of city newspapers, were exempted from local ordinances, and immortalized in cartoons.
context_section_description: Bummer and Lazarus were two stray dogs that roamed the streets of San Francisco, California, United States, in the early 1860s. Recognized for their unique bond and their prodigious rat-killing ability, they became a fixture of city newspapers, were exempted from local ordinances, and immortalized in cartoons.
caption: The Three Bummers. Edward Jump's cartoon shows Bummer and Lazarus begging scraps from Emperor Norton.
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